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#Animation Program

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#150From: Frank KruegerOct 28, 1994 2:51 PM

I'm a newbie to the world of animation, and would like to know if there is a good freeware or inexpensive shareware program for doing nice animations. I have POV-Raytracer. But I would like a program designed espescially for animations. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Fk P.S. Thanks

#155From: Duane ViolettOct 28, 1994 5:24 PM

AniMagician (ANM21.ZIP) will do 320x200x256 FLI animations, complete with embedded soundtracks. It is available in the Animation Sources library.

#242From: Bob WilliamsonNov 1, 1994 12:14 PM

Frank, DTA and VFD will create FLI and FLC anims from an image series. VFD also creates AVIs. Both are in the Animation Sources lib archived as DTA.ZIP and VFD.ZIP -Bob

#268From: Adam A. HimmelmaNov 1, 1994 10:45 PM

I just got a CD named "Computer Animation Madness" it only costs about $20 – $25. On it they have a workung demo of True Space. The full version costs about $500 – $700 but the only major difference is that you can not save objects. However you can export to AVI files. After everything it really is a great ' working demo' If you are in to creating some sweet 3D animation that is one good and not so expensive way to do it.

#614From: Andrew McClaryNov 8, 1994 3:26 PM

I have got a copy of True Space that I never use. Make me an offer and its yours. (Within reason!) Its a good program, but we have 3D Studio which we like better for broadcast work. 3DS also has network rendering so we can render our animations on a farm of PC's. The downside to 3DS is the price.

#881From: Ranger W. DueNov 14, 1994 8:56 PM

Anyone know of someone who might have a 3ds on CD, perhaps last version, that might want to get rid of it? I don't come to this forum often,so you'll ahve to mail me!

#965From: Andrew McClaryNov 16, 1994 9:04 AM

The last version of 3D Studio just shipped about 2 weeks ago. There probably aren't many people with R4 that want to get rid of it at this point. Your best bet would be to try the the Autodesk Forum at Go ASOFT.